‘THE PERFECT BRIDE: WEDDING BELLS’ Cast Bios

PASCALE HUTTON (Molly White) – Pascale Hutton grew up in Creston, BC, with hippy parents who harvested their own honey and were huge proponents of the vegetarian dishes in the Moosewood Cookbook. Her childhood was spent swimming in the raging Goat River, chasing chickens and swinging from a trapeze her dad constructed out of old piping and rope.

After performing in living room productions of Winnie the Pooh and The Life and Death of Marie Antoinette, Hutton went on to study in University of Alberta’s BFA acting program. Although she studied Shakespeare, contact improv, neutral mask and voice, the exercise she credits with truly honing her craft is walking blindfold with a bowlful of water and picking up a shoe. After graduating she wound up in Vancouver because of her desire to eat great sushi, walk along the seawall and work as an actor. All three aspirations have turned out quite well.

Most recently, Hutton completed season five of Hallmark Channel’s “When Calls the Heart,” now in renewed for its sixth season.

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KAVAN SMITH (Nick Dyson) – Blessed with a wide and versatile range, Kavan Smith is an intelligent, thoughtful actor. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Smith and his brother were raised by their father when their parents divorced, and he excelled in many sports, focusing on football and martial arts. During his teenage years, Smith and a friend cultivated a love for performing and they would often skip school to record and rehearse skits they eventually took public on local busses and shopping centers. After high school, Smith attended the University of Calgary and worked toward a degree in Economics before later enrolling in the Mount Royal University performing arts program. It was there Smith developed a love of books and started writing. Soon after graduating, he landed a lead role on the Canadian television show “Destiny Ridge” and moved to Vancouver. He has been continuously adding versatile film and television roles to his acting repertoire since discovering his passion for performance.

In 1999, he caught the eye of Brian De Palma and was cast in the sci-fi adventure Mission to Mars. Since then he has played key roles in FOX’s “Human Target,” The CW series “” and “Supernatural,” ’s “The Outer Limits,” “” and “Battlestar Galactica,” USA’s “Fairly Legal” and DirecTV’s “Rogue.” He has also had recurring roles in USA’s “” as Jed Garrity, SyFy’s “Stargate: Atlantis” as Major Evan Lorne, SyFy’s “Eureka” as Deputy Andy, ABC’s “Mistresses” as Ellis Boone, and Netflix/BBC’s “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency.”

He currently plays Leland Coulter in Hallmark Channel’s hit series, “When Calls the Heart.”

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